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The American Wing: A Guide

The American Wing: A Guide

Davidson, Marshall B.
1980
176 pages
124 illustrations
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The collections of American art in the Metropolitan Museum are the most comprehensive and representative to be found anywhere. Here, under one roof, have been assembled significant examples in every medium and from all periods of this country's history, including acknowledged masterpieces in each of the many categories—painting, sculpture, architecture, prints and drawings, and decorative arts.

Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Louis Henry Sullivan  American, Cast iron, electroplate copper finish, mahogany railing, American
1893
Elevator grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Louis Henry Sullivan  American, Wrought iron and brass, American
ca. 1893
Window, Frank Lloyd Wright  American, Glass, zinc, American
1912
The White Captive, Erastus Dow Palmer  American, Marble, American
1857–58; carved 1858–59
Cleopatra, William Wetmore Story  American, Marble, American
1858, carved 1869
The Babes in the Wood, Thomas Crawford  American, Marble, American
ca. 1850, carved 1851
The Falling Gladiator, William Rimmer  American, born England, Bronze, American
1861; cast 1907
Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, Augustus Saint-Gaudens  American, Marble, mosaic, oak, and cast iron, American
ca. 1881–83
The Struggle of the Two Natures in Man, George Grey Barnard  American, Marble, American
1888; carved 1892–94
Mourning Victory from the Melvin Memorial, Daniel Chester French  American, Marble, American
1906–8, carved 1912–15
The Mares of Diomedes, John G. de la Mothe Borglum  American, Bronze, American
1902–4, cast 1905
Boy and Duck, Frederick William MacMonnies  American, Bronze, American
1895–96, cast 1901
Dancer and Gazelles, Paul Manship  American, Bronze
1916
The Peacocks, Gaston Lachaise  American, Bronze, gilt
1918; cast 1923
Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Louis Henry Sullivan  American, Cast iron, electroplate copper finish, mahogany railing, American
1893
Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Louis Henry Sullivan  American, Cast iron, electroplate copper finish, mahogany railing, American
1893
Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Louis Henry Sullivan  American, Cast iron, electroplate copper finish, mahogany railing, American
1893
Architectural Elements from Laurelton Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, Louis C. Tiffany  American, Limestone, ceramic, and Fravrile glass, American
ca. 1905
Chocolate Pot, Edward Winslow  American, Silver, American
1700–1710
Beaker, Jurian Blanck Jr.  American, Silver, American
ca. 1683
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Marshall B. Davidson, eds. 1980. The American Wing: A Guide. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.